The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06
PRINCE AND NlHILIST.
Strange Career of s Russian Nobleman
 Orator, Author and Patriot.

Strange Career of s Russian Nobleman
 Orator, Author and Patriot.
 There is now living, in a somewhat obscure lodging in London, Russian nobleman, who asserts that his right to the Czar's throne is better than that of its occupant himself; but this nobleman is, and has long been, an exile from his native country, for he has for years been an active conspirator against the government of the autocrat. Both the character and the career of Prince Krapotkine are interesting and suggest i've. His adventures have been many and startling; nor is it probable, though he has now passed middle age, that his restless career is yet finished. Prince Krapotkine has the blood of Rurik, the founder of the Russian monarchy, in his veins. There is no prouder or more ancient name than his in Russia. He inherited great landed estates and a princely fortune; yet he gave up wealth, lofty social position and luxurious re- pose, to embark in what he regarded as the cause of Russian liberty.
 When quite a young man, Prince Krapotkine conceived an ardent love of scientific study. From boyhood he was serious, thoughtful and hard-work- ing. He did not indulge in the costly pleasures which usually occupy the time of young Russian nobles. He went to Siberia, in order to make geological and geographical research es, and trav- eled far and wide in search of scientific knowledge. At last he found himself at Geneva, in Switzerland, where he | engaged in labOrS on a new universal | geography. It was while at Geneva that Prince Krapotkine became a Mi hilist and joined in the great con- | spiracy to overthrow the Czar. He be- came the leader of the circle of Russian ! conspirators at Geneva, and, throwing aside his scientific work, gave himself heart and soul to the revolutionary cause. He soon became known as fervent and brilliant orator, and In se- cret, out-of-the-way places would ad- dress his followers with burning ha- rangues. A recent Russian writer says of him: "He is all fire and passion on the platform. When he rises, h seems almost as one transformed. He trem- bles with emotion, while his voice vii brates with an accent of profound con- viction."
 Krapotkine went to St. Pet ersburg, where his eloquence at secret meetings gained him many new disciples. At last the imperial police got an inkling 0f what he was doing. His house. which was a headquarters of the con- spiracy, was watched, and he was ar rested and thrown into the grim fortress prison of Peter and Faul. Fortunately for the Prince, his health failed in bis gloomy prison, and he was transferred to the Nicholas Hospital. It was here that he and his friends planned one of the most artful and romantic escapes recorded in history. He got well, but still pretended to be i'll and wea k. His keepers did not dream that the man who feebiy dragged himself along, with the hollow face and tremulous vo ice of one at the point of death, was daily gathering his energies for an attempt at liberty.
 "He was allowed to walk" says an account of the affair, ''in the court yard of the hospital, attended by a soldier. It was winter, and the hospital gate was left open and unguarded, for the bringing in of wood. A plan of signals with his friends was duly arranged by secret letters. The great difficulty was to evade the soldier, who kept in parallel line with the Prince, but always five paces nearer the gate than he. One day, some notes of a violin were heard. With sudden movement, Krapotkine cast off his hospital coat, and made for the gate. The startled soldier forgot the gate, described two sides of the triangle, and allowed his prisoner to reach the exit before him. A carriage was in waiting, and Prince Kra- potkine. his attire completely changed by the way, was rapidly driven to a place of concealment and safety"
 A short time after this happy escape, hrapOUklne UuTHeu up dG Lyons, lH France, where he was detected in Socialistic plot. He was tried, con- demned to five years imprisonment and confined in the prison of St. Paul, in Lyons. Before his term was completed, however, he was released, and took up his residence in London, where he now is All the troubles of his career have not dampened his ardor or decreased his revolutionary energies; and he is still one of the most formidable living enemies of the Russian despotism. - Youth's Companion
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